Bay Horse

For the colour bay in horses, see Bay (horse).
Bay Horse

The Bay Horse Inn
Bay Horse
 Bay Horse shown within Lancashire
OS grid referenceSD492530
Civil parishEllel
DistrictCity of Lancaster
Shire countyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LANCASTER
Postcode district LA2
Dialling code 01524
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentLancaster and Wyre
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°58′12″N 2°46′26″W / 53.970°N 2.774°W

Bay Horse is a sparsely populated hamlet in the English county of Lancashire. It lies between Lancaster and Preston to the north and south respectively.

Geography

To the west is the Irish Sea, and to the east is the Forest of Bowland, partly owned by the Royal Family.

Community

The local area is mostly farmland, the nearest large urban area being Lancaster, approximately five miles away. Approximately 100 inhabitants reside in Bay Horse. The main road through Bay Horse is Whams Lane, which is used by motorcyclists on their way to Devils Bridge at Kirkby Lonsdale.

Travel

The Lancaster Canal bisects the village, and the M6 motorway runs though the village.

Bay Horse railway station closed due to low usage in the 1960s.

Pub

There are no amenities in the village, just a single pub, the Bay Horse Inn, after which the village is named. Even though the boundaries of Bay Horse are uncertain, there is a riding school on the outskirts called Bay Horse School.[1]

Notable figures have attended the pub, including, amongst others, Sir Alex Ferguson.

References

  1. A riding school website: "www.riding-schools.com"

External links

Media related to Bay Horse at Wikimedia Commons